iTunes won't open on my Windows 7 PC.

Visualizers make pretty patterns on the screen while you're listing to music.

If iTunes is apparently installed correctly try the following in turn until iTunes opens/reopens/behaves normally:

• Remove any SD card that might be in a card reader.
• Exit the BTTray.exe Bluetooth utility if installed.
• Locate the shortcut for iTunes, right-click on it, and select Run as administrator. Doing this once may fix certain launch issues. Some users were finding that with the 12.6.1.25 build they had to use this method every time and modified the shortcut accordingly.
• Try holding ctrl+shift as you launch iTunes so it opens in safe-mode. Again doing this once may sometimes help.
• Try disconnecting your computer from the Internet before running iTunes.
• Delete the iTunes shortcuts from the start menu, desktop, task bar, or similar, then repair iTunes from the programs and features control panel.
• Try Fix unexpected quits or launch issues in iTunes for Windows - Apple Support and test the behaviour in a different user profile or with a different library. If the problem only exists in your profile it may be possible delete some of the iTunes preference files which it would seem that iTunes may be choking on. We can go into details later if the issue is limited to your own profile.
• Temporarily disable any non-Microsoft anti-virus and see if that has any impact on the behaviour.
• See the second box in Troubleshooting issues with iTunes for Windows updates for detailed tear down and rebuild advice. Disable any non-Microsoft anti-virus software when reinstalling and run the installer as the administrator.
• Or see the iTunes installers section of the troubleshooting tip and reinstall the last version that worked correctly for you.

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Possible Solution:

1. Download the 64 bit installer.

2. Open a Run command and delete your temporary files (type %temp% and delete everything that will allow you to do so.

3. Uninstall your current version of iTunes.

4. Shut the computer down and leave it off for around 30 seconds.

5. Restart the computer and wait a moment for everything to settle down.

6. Run the 64 bit installer as an administrator, if you are not in an administrative account.

This fixed my issue and I hope it is that simple for you as well.

Thanks! I had resolved the problem and posted how I did so here: Re: windows 10 itunes login fails

I should have updated this thread as well.

I had the same problem.

Option #3 above (repairing QuickTime in the Control Panel) finally worked for me.

I have this problem too but none of the 3 options has worked for me

I still can not open itunes

any other suggestions??

I contacted apple for support they said I didnt need quicktime

so I also tried it without installing that at all still didnt work

Step 3 worked for me. Thank you!

step 3 worked for me as well. Thank You.

Step 3 worked for me, too! I should have known when the Quicktime icon didn't appear on my desktop after the update! Whew!

Step 3 worked for me, too. Been wrestling with this for hours!! Thanks for the helpful post.

Step 2 totally solved my problem. Thanks so much!

This solution totally solved my problem. However, the same problem keeps coming up every couple of month. Does anyone know why? How can I stop the same problem from happening again?

Number 2 worked for me - thanks so much!

None of these steps worked for me. But if you go into your control panel, programs, and click repair on each of these I found my itunes to work straight away.

-Apple aplication support

-Apple mobile device support

-Apple software update

-Bonjour

-Itunes

-Quicktime

Thank you. Worked my way through your fine examples and got back to sanity again. Well done